CORRELATION OF AMOUNT OF PARITY AND MENOPAUSE AGE IN PADUKUHAN CANGKRINGAN, ARGOMULYO VILLAGE, CANGKRINGAN DISTRICT, SLEMAN REGENCY, SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA

2017-11-05

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Menopause is a natural event faced by each woman. The natural event is influenced by different cultural context and individual perception. There are many factors giving effects on the age of menopause, among others are effects of genetic, smoking habit, age of menarche and amount of parity. There is a study comparing age of menopause in nulliparityand Multiparityfinding out that nulliparitywomen have greater potency to face menopause by 16 months faster (p < 0,10) than Multiparity. Results of interview with 10 menopause women on 4 May 2017 shown that there were 5 women with 1 child facing premature menopause, 4 women with 2-4 children facing natural menopause, and was 1 women with 5 children facing late menopause. This research aims to determine the correlation of parity and age of menopause in PadukuhanCangkringan. This research was conducted on 26 July 2017 until 30 July 2017. The method used is descriptive analytic with cross sectional design. The independent variable used is the amount of parity and the dependent variable is the age of menopause. The sampling technique isconsecutive sampling with the number of sample is 32 women. The data analysis technique is using Kendall Tau analysis.The result is majority amount of parity of menopause women has Multiparityparity by (65,6%). The age of menopause by women in Padukuhan Cangkringan, majority includes in natural menopause (62,5%). It can be concluded that there are correlation of amount of parity and age of menopause in Padukuhan Cangkringan, Argomulyo, Cangkringan, Sleman (p-value = 0,002). The close correlation of both variable is medium ( =0,523). Keywords : Amount of Parity, Age of Menopause